Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Jacob Richards    
                Born: Sep-27-1808          in Wood Co, (W)VA  1,2,3
                Died: Apr-30-1899          at Beason (Pennsboro), Ritchie Co, WV  1,2,3
              Buried:                      in Wilson Cemetery, Beason (Pennsboro), Ritchie Co, WV  4,1
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Father: George Washington Richards   (1759 - 1835) 
              Mother: Catherine Bush   (1765 - 1814) 
Other spouse 1
                Wife: Druzilla A. ___     
             Married: May- 3-1877          in Ritchie Co, WV  5
                Born: ca 1829              in Pennsylvania  6
             Resided: 1877                 in Ritchie Co, WV  6
              Father:
              Mother:
Other spouse 1

Sources:
(1) Findagrave.com. 
(2) Headstone (year only) 
(3) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 150. 
(4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(5) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Jacob Richards, widowed, farmer, 60, b. in Virginia, 
res. Ritchie Co, son of (blank); and Druzilla A. Jackson, widowed, 48, b. in Pennsylvania, res. Ritchie Co, dau of 
(blank).  Married May 3 1877 by Rev. Eli Riddle.  (Note:  On the same page of the large ledger-style marriage record 
book is an entry indicating that Jacob Richards may have married another woman the previous month.  That entry states:  
Jacob Richards, widowed, farmer, 60, b. in Va, res. Ritchie Co, son of George & Catherine Bush; and Emeretta Stanly, 
single, 30, b. in Va, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Wm. & Margaret.  Married on Apr 12 1877 by (blank).  Omission of the 
minister's name makes it unclear whether the marriage actually occurred. MR p. 
35. 
(6) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 







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